Enviro consultant to head CPRA

A North Carolina environmental consultant with a history in state government and private wetland restoration, and a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from the University of Alabama, has been selected by Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards for the position of executive director of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. Michael Ellison is principal consultant of Arrowwood Research of Cary, N.C., which provides state/federal policy analysis and strategies for implementing ecosystem restorations. Ellison will take the executive role being vacated by Michael Ellis, who is leaving CPRA, for a VP of strategic environmental affairs position with U.S. Sugar in Florida. The governor also announced that Bren Haase, chief of the CPRA's planning and research division, has been promoted to deputy executive director. (Source: NOLA.com 08/27/18)